Textile printing apparatus



Nov. 15, i960 l.. E. MULL 2,960,028

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TEXTILE PRINTING APPARATUS Filed June 4, 1959 2 sheets-sheet 2 M 3 wi 46) INVENTOR.

fam/1w f. /l/au BY Unid States Patent-f() TEXTILE PRINTING APPARATUS Leonard E. Mull, R.F.D. 3, Clover, SJC.

Filed .lune 4, 1959, Ser. No. 818,067

3 Claims. (Cl. 10i-425) This invention relates to textile printing apparatus, and it more paritcularly relates to apparatus for printing blankets or the like.

Heretofore, it was necessary to run the textile material such as blankets or the like, through the printing process in the form of a strip wherein the strip is rst imprinted on one side with printing ink and then washed and dried before being again presented to the printer for imprinting the opposite side. This double action was, of course, doubly long and expensive since the process had to be substantially repeated for each strip of material or greys as they are called.

It is one object of the present invention to overcome the above diiculties by providing an apparatus which will permit imprinting of both sides of the strip before washing and drying.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus of the aforesaid type, which is relatively simple in construction and easily accommodated to existing printing machines.

Other objects of the present invention are to provide an improved apparatus of the character described, that is easily and economically produced, which is sturdy in construction, and which is highly ecient in operation.

With the above and related objects in view, this invention consists in the details of construction and combination of parts, as will be more fully understood from the following description, when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is an elevational view of an apparatus embodying the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary View taken on line 2--2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary view taken on line 3 3 of Fig. l.

Referring in greater detail to the drawings wherein similar reference characters refer to similar parts, there is shown a frame on which is mounted a printing cylinder 12. The printing cylinder is shown in Fig. l as mounted at the left side of the frame while at the right side is provided the washer 14 and dryer 16.

Rollers 18 are provided at various illustrated positions on the frame 10 to guide the strip 20 through the washer and dryer onto the remainder of the machine. Adjacent the printing cylinder 12 are provided a pair of rollers 22 and 24 below the upper part of the frame 10, while above the cylinder 12, on the upper part of frame 10, is provided a roller 26. A pair of frame assemblies, each including supporting standards 28 are provided on the frame 10 between the washer 14 and cylinder 12 and each of these standards 28 supporting an intermediate roller 30 arranged to guide the strip 20 between a lower roller 32 and upper rollers 3-4 and 36.

On opposite sides of the frame 10 are provided, rollers 38 and `40 extending longitudinally of the frame, while adjacent each of these rollers 38 and `40 is providedl an angularly-extending roller, respectively indicated at 42 and 44. Each angular roller 42 and 44 is rotatably mounted between bearings 46 and 48 respectively; one of the bearings 46 and one of the bearings 48 being slidable on the frame 10 and being slidably adjustable by means of respective adjustment screws 50 and 52 extending through threaded bearings 54 and 56 respectively. By means of these screws 50 and 52, the angular position of the rollers 42 and 44 relative to the frame 10 and to the respective rollers 38 and 40 may be adjusted as desired. A transverse roller 58 is provided adjacent one end of roller 44.

In use, the endless strip 20 is run around the printing cylinder 12 twice for each time it goes through the washer 14 and dryer 16. In its travel, the strip 20 goes from roller 36 around roller 22, then around cylinder 12, over roller 26 and then around angular roller y42. This roller 42 partially twists the strip 28 which then passes over roller 38 and, transversely of its previous path, it passes over roller 40. From roller 40 it passes over angular roller 44 which completes the turnover of the strip 20 so that when the strip 20 passes from roller 44 onto roller 58, the strip 20 is completely reversed. The reversed strip, with the formerly lower side uppermost, is passed around the roller 32 of the right hand assembly (as viewed in Fig. 1) and then passes around the adjacent rollers 34, 30 and 36 and around roller 24. From roller 24 the reversed strip 20 passes around cylinder 12, roller 26 and then onto one of the rollers 18 from where it is guided through the washer 14 and then through the dryer 16. By this means, the strip 20 is imprinted on both sides prior to being washed and dried.

The machine described above is powered and otherwise operated in the ordinary manner of such machines and since this involves ordinary standard parts, the remainder of the machine has not been illustrated.

It has been determined that about tive yards of material can be run with this machine for every three yards run by the prior type machines.

Although this invention has been described in considerable detail, such description is intended as being illustrative rather than limiting, since the invention may be variously embodied, and the scope of the invention is to be determined as claimed.

Having thus set forth and disclosed the nature of this invention, what is claimed is:

l. In a textile printing apparatus, a frame, a printing cylinder mounted at one end of said frame, a dryer at the opposite end of said frame and a washer adjacent said dryer, a series of opposed transverse rollers on said frame for guiding a textile strip through said washer and dryer, two separate transverse rollers on said frame for guiding said textile strip over said printing cylinder, two separate intermediate roller assemblies, each having transverse guide rollers, and a turning assembly adjacent said intermediate assemblies, said turning assembly comprising opposed angular rollers set at substantially opposite angles to each other, and a longitudinal roller adjacent each angular roller, said longitudinal rollers extending longitudinally of said frame, one of said angular rollers being positioned to receive said textile strip from said printing cylinder and to partially reverse said strip while passing said strip over its adjacent longitudinal roller, said other angular roller being positioned to receive said strip from said last-mentioned longitudinal roller to completely reverse said strip and to pass it onto the longitudinal roller adjacent thereto, one of said intermediate assemblies being positioned tor receive 'said strip from the last-mentioned longitudinal roller and pass said strip back onto said printing cylinder, whereby two layers of said strip engage said printing cylinder continuously.

2. The apparatus of claim l wherein each of said angular rollers is angularly adjustable.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the other of saidinterrnediate assemblies ispositioned 4toreceivefthe 4 t strip from said dryer and pass the strip onto the printing cylinder.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,315,377 McGiehan Sept. 9, 1919 2,318,374 Coogan May 4, 1943 2,764,086 Huebner Sept. 25, 1956 

